#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
get_first_person.py

Usage: get_first_person "person name"

Search for the given name and print the best matching result.
"""
# Parameters to initialize the IMDb class.
IMDB_PARAMS = {
    # The used access system. 'web' means that you're retrieving data
    # from the IMDb web server.
    'accessSystem': 'web'
    #'accessSystem': 'mobile'
    # XXX: if you've a local installation of the IMDb database,
    # comment the above line and uncomment the following two.
    #'accessSystem': 'local',
    #'dbDirectory':  '/usr/local/imdb' # or, in a Windows environment:
    #'dbDirectory':  'D:/imdb-20060107'

    # XXX: parameters for a SQL installation.
    #'accessSystem': 'sql',
    #'uri': 'mysql://userName:yourPassword@localhost/dbName'
}

import sys

# Import the IMDbPY package.
try:
    import imdb
except ImportError:
    print 'You bad boy!  You need to install the IMDbPY package!'
    sys.exit(1)


if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print 'Only one argument is required:'
    print '  %s "person name"' % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(2)

name = sys.argv[1]


i = imdb.IMDb(**IMDB_PARAMS)

in_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()
out_encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()

name = unicode(name, in_encoding, 'replace')
try:
    # Do the search, and get the results (a list of Person objects).
    results = i.search_person(name)
except imdb.IMDbError, e:
    print "Probably you're not connected to Internet.  Complete error report:"
    print e
    sys.exit(3)

if not results:
    print 'No matches for "%s", sorry.' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
    sys.exit(0)

# Print only the first result.
print '    Best match for "%s"' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')

# This is a Person instance.
person = results[0]

# So far the Person object only contains basic information like the
# name; retrieve main information:
i.update(person)

print person.summary().encode(out_encoding, 'replace')